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Message from 2016–17 has shown us that past performance is no Weber worked with the Behavioral Science and Policy contents 1 Message from the Director the Director guarantee of future results. The U.S., after leading Association to introduce an energy efficiency toolkit 2 Mission and Goals the world in promulgating the Paris climate accord, rooted in behavioral science research to guide the 3 Research Areas has signaled its intention to withdraw from the crafting and implementation of policy. And from within 4 Andlinger Center by the Numbers accord, while Europe and China have taken the oppo- my own research group, we recently formed Andluca site stance in reaffirming it. The U.S. Environmental Technologies, a startup poised to bring onboard solar 5 Timeline Protection Agency, after eight years of prioritizing power for smart-window technologies to market. At climate action, has geared up for regulatory reform the Andlinger Center, we are expanding our reach with with widened objectives to include national security new strategic initiatives. We are working to identify and 6 Research excel and economic growth, while 369 mayors across hire additional faculty with systems- and process-level 8 Faculty and Staff News the U.S. have pledged to bolster local efforts to expertise at the energy-water nexus, and in long-term 9 Faculty Awards reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Renewables have energy storage, as well as smart and resilient cities. 10 Research Highlights expanded exponentially with solar and wind producing In an effort to enhance and diversify the community 13 Lab to Market some of the world’s cheapest electricity, yet renew- attuned to energy and environmental solutions, we ables still only account for less than 5 percent of have also launched a Distinguished Postdoctoral the world’s electricity production. Oil, still the world’s Fellows Program and the Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting 14 External Partnerships leading transportation fuel, grew its market share of Fellows Program (page 21). engage global energy consumption for the second year after a 16 Princeton E-ffliates Partnership Photo: David Kelly Crow 17 Partnership Highlights 15-year decline, while Tesla and other automakers are At the Andlinger Center, we are making strides and Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo signaling the imminent arrival of mainstream electric making a difference. However, we can’t do this alone. 18 External Collaborations and Engagements Director of the Andlinger Center for vehicles with announcements that lithium ion battery This massive effort for a more sustainable future 21 Fellows Programs Energy and the Environment costs will drop below $100/kWh in the near future. In requires many people of different disciplines, geogra- Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III short, we are living in interesting times. phies, and vocations to work together. More impor- ’74 Professor in Engineering tantly, this global effort starts with individual respon- Professor of Chemical and Biological 22 Education inform Engineering As I look back over my first year as director of the sibility and commitment in the choices we make and 24 Student Activities Andlinger Center, I find myself reliving our earnest actions that we take every day—whether it’s selecting 28 Highlight Seminar Series enthusiasm and commitment to do our part in these more efficient light bulbs for our homes, making more 29 Energy Technology Distillates interesting times. I recall our many conversations and sustainable choices at the supermarket, or making 29 In the News actions as a community of faculty, researchers, staff, conscious choices to conserve energy in our daily lives. 30 The Andlinger Center Speaks students, and supporters. Over the past year, the Our collective actions in these everyday decisions have center welcomed Elke Weber and Minjie Chen to the a cumulative and lasting impact on our environment. Cover: A group of undergraduate students faculty, and we developed and articulated a strategic To that end, I invite you to personally engage with the created a startup, Revolution Outboards/ Flux Marine, to develop electric boat motors. 32 Leadership and Staff plan aimed at strengthening our impact. Our faculty, Andlinger Center community. Join the conversation on For more on the startup, see page 13. In researchers, and partners made tangible advances social media, attend a lecture or our annual meeting, the photo, from left to right, are company 34 Supporters in their areas of expertise while also connecting with share our fellowship opportunities with your colleagues members and their roles: Elisabeth Weiss ’17, 36 Where to Find Us business development; Coleman Merchant students in expanding our community to forward our and friends, and support the funding of our activities. ’19, battery engineering; Kirk Robinson ’17, mission. Dan Steingart and his students launched We are energized and excited about our mission and systems engineering; Mark Scerbo ’18, power Feasible, a startup already working with manufac- our plans for the coming year. I hope you will work with transmission engineering; Ben Sorkin ’17, team leader; and Aarav Chavda ’17, market turers and integrators on next-generation, non-inva- us in forging ahead in these interesting times. research. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) sive diagnostic tools for assessing battery health. Elke 2 3 mission + goals research areas

built environment, Smart infrastructure, resilient cities, building efficiency systems and transportation, and retrofits involving faculty from the School of Architecture; microgrids and infrastructure networks, green cements, cleaner burning combustion engines, electric vehicles, and water desalination technologies

electricity Emerging technologies to harvest wind and solar power, nuclear fusion, production, power electronics and superconducting materials that enable more transmission, power transmission, grid-scale electricity storage, and modeling of grids and storage with high renewables penetration

fuels and chemicals Advanced fuels and chemicals from engineered microorganisms and artificial photosynthesis, development of catalysts with abundant elements, and techno-economic and lifecycle assessments of advanced biofuel production systems

environmental Sensors to detect emissions of carbon and nitrogen cycle gases to the sensing and to develop solutions to ensure our energy and atmosphere from the energy, water and food sectors; carbon capture remediation and storage; and wastewater treatment and soil remediation technolo- environmental future by gies using nanoparticles and microorganisms + fostering a vibrant and interdisciplinary community

+ accelerating innovation through funding, decision and In partnership with faculty and researchers at the Woodrow Wilson infrastructure, and intellectual discourse behavioral science, School of Public and International Affairs, individual and collective policy, and decision-making and economic analysis related to energy and environ- + training the next generation of leaders in a economics mental policy broad context

Forrest Meggers, assistant professor of architecture and the Andlinger Center + partnering with industry, not-for-profit, environmental and In partnership with faculty and researchers at the Princeton for Energy and the Environment, holds and government climate science Environmental Institute, environmental monitoring and modeling of the SMART sensor, a specialized radiant Arctic sea ice, carbon dioxide absorption by oceans, extreme weather, temperature monitor developed in his lab. For more on the sensor, go to page 13. + being the leading center for information and coastal impacts (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) and advice 4 5

selected events timeline 2016-2017 2017 FROM INCEPTION THROUGH JUNE 2017 June Board of Trustees approves January 2017 Daniel Steingart’s promotion to associate professor. Princeton delegation attends World Economic Forum in Davos, Six undergraduates are Switzerland. awarded summer research internships at the center. engage A new strategic plan for the September 2016 center is developed. April 2017 11 research projects funded, $1.4 million excel The Andlinger Center Speaks “Energy for a Carbon- invested via Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership series’ debut research fund Constrained World” symposium 40 research projects supported by the Elke Weber joins the center. Andlinger Center, $3.8 million invested 12 E-ffiliates member-directed research projects funded, $4.4 million invested 32 external grants totaling $15.6 million 5 corporate E-ffiliates members 151 grad students & postdocs supported 115 affiliated faculty across 44 publications 53 departments, programs, and centers 9 patent disclosures and applications on Princeton campus 3 startups

Over $4 million July 2016 February 2017 May 2017 in derivative external funding inform Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership Ching-Yao Lai named from seed grants becomes director of the Annual Retreat 2017–18 Maeder 2016–2017 Andlinger Center. Graduate Fellow. 38 Energy Studies (ENE) courses Minjie Chen joins the center. Website NRG Energy joins 194,266 E-ffiliates. 34 undergrad certificate graduates pageviews November 2016 8 Maeder Fellows 1,204 Tweets Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership Annual Meeting 44 undergrad summer interns 742 monthly Summer 2017 newsletter subscribers Siemens joins E-ffiliates.

The Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellows Program and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows Program are launched. 6 andlinger center for energy+the environment andlinger center for energy+the environment 9 excel

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From smart environmental policies to the development of superconducting materials, world-class researchers are studying a wide breadth of topics at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. The center fosters a creative, collaborative atmosphere for research. Andlinger Center faculty members and researchers have been recognized for their work with prestigious awards and grants; they have published their discoveries in top journals; filed national and international patents; and launched startups based on work in their labs. The center furthers energy and environment

Nicholas Davy, a doctoral student in research by funding innovative, ambitious projects that tackle big problems on the chemical and biological engineering department, holds up a transparent solar multiple fronts. cell active layer stack. For more on the technology, go to page 10. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) A constellation of six interacting research areas forms the heart of the Opposite Claire White, assistant professor of civil center’s focus: Built Environment, Transportation, and Infrastructure; and environmental engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Electricity Production, Transmission, and Storage; Fuels and Chemicals; Environment, works in her lab creating sustainable alternatives to Portland Environmental Sensing and Remediation; Decision and Behavioral Science, cement. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) Policy, and Economics; and lastly, Environmental and Climate Science (see page 3). Solutions emerging from these areas can be applied to help solve our monumental challenges in energy and the environment. 8 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 9

Faculty and Staff News Michael Celia, the Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor Selected Faculty Award Highlights received 2017 Junior Faculty Awards from Princeton’s of Environmental Studies and professor of civil and School of Engineering and Applied Science. The award Daniel Steingart, jointly appointed to Princeton’s environmental engineering, was appointed director of Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, director of the Andlinger Center recognizes faculty for early-career accomplishments

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Paul Chirik Thousand Talents Plan for Distinguished Scientists in and has been widely recognized for his work, most the short-term category. The Thousand Talents Plan is Two collaborative projects involving Andlinger Center recently the development of a non-invasive acoustical In March 2017, Jeffrey Fitts joined the Andlinger an initiative by the government to bring overseas top faculty members were awarded funding from the approach to evaluating battery health. Center as research and development strategist. Fitts talent to China. Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology is cultivating and catalyzing cross-disciplinary research Fund, which was started by Eric Schmidt, executive Elke Weber, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor relationships to develop and support large, collabora- Elke Weber, the center’s associate director for educa- chairman of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., a in Energy and the Environment and professor of tive center grant proposals, and helping grow, refine, tion, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and 1976 alumnus and a former University trustee , and psychology and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, and strengthen Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership, the the Environment, and professor of psychology and his wife, Wendy. Elke Weber assumed the role of associate director for education at corporate affiliates program administered by the Forrest Meggers public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, received the the Andlinger Center in the spring. She replaced Niraj center. Prior to joining the Andlinger Center, Fitts Society for Risk Analysis’ Distinguished Achievement José Avalos, assistant professor of chemical and Jha, professor of electrical engineering, who held the was a research scholar in the Department of Civil Award, the society’s highest honor. Weber was biological engineering and the Andlinger Center for post since 2013. and Environmental Engineering at Princeton. He has honored for her contributions to understanding how Energy and the Environment, is working on a system a doctoral degree in geochemistry from Stanford people perceive risks and make decisions. for boosting the productivity of bioreactors, which Sankaran Sundaresan, the acting associate director University. could reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of for research at the Andlinger Center, the Norman John Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of creating biofuels, medicines, and other chemical prod- Sollenberger Professor in Engineering, and professor In August 2017, Greta Shum ’14 joined the center as Chemistry and member of the Andlinger Center’s exec- ucts. Other team members are Yannis Kevrekidis, Sankaran Sundaresan of chemical and biological engineering, oversaw the a digital communications specialist. She is responsible Minjie Chen utive committee, was awarded the 2017 American the Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor in creation of the Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellows for content on the Andlinger Center website and social Chemical Society Catalysis Lectureship for the Engineering, professor of chemical and biological engi- and the Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows programs. media channels, in addition to developing video and Advancement of Catalytic Science. This award honors neering and applied and computational mathematics, He also revamped the center’s request for research multimedia projects featuring center research. Before groundbreaking work in the development of impactful emeritus, and senior scholar, and Jared Toettcher, proposals during the spring semester while Peter joining the Andlinger Center, Shum was a research new catalytic processes. assistant professor of molecular biology. Jaffé, associate director for research at the Andlinger analyst and multimedia journalist at Climate Central, a Center, the William L. Knapp ’47 Professor of Civil nonprofit organization devoted to communicating infor- Minjie Chen, assistant professor of electrical engi- Forrest Meggers, assistant professor of architec- Engineering, and professor of civil and environmental mation on climate change. Shum earned a bachelor’s neering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the ture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Michael Celia engineering, was on sabbatical. degree in comparative literature and a certificate in Claire White Environment, received a seed grant to develop a smart Environment, is helping construct a specialized test planets and life from Princeton. energy router for homes and buildings from the Siebel facility to develop wind turbine designs without building Energy Institute, a global consortium for innovative and full-scale prototypes. Other team members are collaborative energy research. Marcus Hultmark, assistant professor of mechan- ical and aerospace engineering and the project’s lead Two faculty members jointly appointed to the center, researcher, and Elie Bou-Zeid, associate professor of Claire White, assistant professor of civil and envi- civil and environmental engineering. ronmental engineering, and José Avalos, assistant José Avalos professor of chemical and biological engineering, 10 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 11

Research Highlights

Analysis shows carbon-slashing “By understanding their Vehicles, not farms, are likely source of Synthetic natural gas would cut air pollution

promise of new biofuel technology [emissions’] spatial and smog-causing ammonia in CChina 100 but worsenC 0 climateC 20 changeC 0 M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Y 0 Y 97 Y 100 Y 0 temporal variabilities, we K 0 K 0 K 19 K 60 Developing a sustainable vehicle fuel poses a difficult can identify methods to take Agriculture has long been blamed for smog-causing A team led by Princeton researchers determined that challenge: it has to be relatively cheap and has to care of our environment, ammonia in the atmosphere, but vehicle tailpipes China would experience a major increase in carbon reduce carbon emissions without using up valuable efficiently utilize energy, and actually are a more important source of ammonia’s dioxide emissions if industry and power plants switched crop land or trees from forests. Eric Larson, a senior improve our food and energy contribution to the haze that hovers over big cities, from coal to synthetic natural gas (SNG), derived by research engineer, and postdoctoral fellow Hans production to minimize the according to Mark Zondlo, associate director of gasifying coal, but this would have little air quality or Meerman, both members of the Energy Systems impacts on our climate.” external partnerships at the Andlinger Center and health benefit due to the use of pollution controls on Analysis Group at the Andlinger Center, have —Mark Zondlo associate professor of civil and environmental engi- existing plants. However, switching from coal to SNG for analyzed and designed one possible solution: cata- neering. Zondlo’s research team found that ammonia relatively inefficient residential stoves used for heating lytic hydropyrolysis, a method that creates fuel from emissions from cities are much larger than recognized, and cooking, which lack any end-of-pipe pollution crop or wood residues. The researchers demonstrate and they occur at the very times when unhealthy controls, would substantially reduce deaths due to air how the fuel becomes carbon-negative when carbon particulate matter is at its worst and when agricultural pollution and cause less of an increase in emissions. capture and sequestration is integrated into the fuel emissions are at daily or seasonal lows. The team included Denise Mauzerall, professor of production process. civil and environmental engineering and public and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, and Fabian Wagner, a senior research scholar at the Claire White, assistant professor of civil International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and environmental engineering and the Self-powered system makes smart in Austria. Wagner did this work with Mauzerall while Andlinger Center for Energy and the Envi- Taking concrete steps toward windows smarter he was the Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Professor in ronment, discusses sustainable cement with doctoral student Kengran Yang. lower carbon dioxide emissions Energy and the Environment at the Andlinger Center (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) Smart windows equipped with controllable glazing can from 2014-16. Claire White, assistant professor of civil and envi- augment lighting, cooling, and heating systems by ronmental engineering and the Andlinger Center for varying their tint, saving up to 40 percent in an average Energy and the Environment, has been working with building’s energy costs. These smart windows require her research team on testing the long-term durability power for operation, so they are relatively complicated Self-assembling particles brighten future of greener cement alternatives, called alkali-acti- to install in existing buildings. Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, of LED lighting “We want to develop vated materials, to replace Portland cement, which director of the Andlinger Center, the Theodora D. ’78 new methods to obtain is responsible for as much as 8 percent of human and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Engineering, Barry Rand, assistant professor of electrical engi- accurate data on how these carbon dioxide emissions and is projected to double and professor of chemical and biological engineering, neering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and materials (green cement in production in the next 30 years. White’s research and her lab have developed transparent solar cells the Environment, developed a technique in which alternatives) will perform team applied a novel testing approach, dubbed “a that self-power smart windows. The system, whose nanoscale perovskite particles self-assemble to produce over time. This will help beam-bending test,” to accurately evaluate the solar cells selectively absorb near-ultraviolet (near-UV) more efficient, stable, and durable perovskite-based with the implementation of permeability of two types of alkali-activated materials. light, promises to be inexpensive and easy to apply to light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Perovskites are crystalline Princeton engineers invented a self-powered window system that could lower heating and cooling costs. The team, sustainable alternatives in Permeability is an important indication of a cement’s existing windows. led by Professor Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, center, substances that are efficient and potentially a lower- the construction industry.” durability and is usually hard to measure on saturated includes graduate students Nicholas Davy, left, and Melda Sezen-Edmonds, right. Behind them is a cleanroom at cost alternative to materials used in current LEDs. —Claire White samples in the lab. the Andlinger Center. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) 12 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 13

Moving Research from Lab to end goal is a sleek, compact, marketable product that Market at the Andlinger Center changes from making rooms comfortable to actually Electrification of Transportation for making people comfortable, according to Meggers. Energy Storage and Smart Mobility “Our innovative solar- The Andlinger Center actively encourages an entre- powered technology does preneurial atmosphere, resulting in startups and In 2015, 67 percent of U.S. electricity was gener- not generate enough power researchers filing patents for technologies to help ated from fossil fuels and more than 70 percent of for a car, but it can provide solve the world’s energy and environmental prob- Feasible oil was consumed by transportation, making trans- auxiliary power for smaller lems. Below are a few research projects that are being portation one of the major sources of greenhouse devices, for example, a fan moved from lab to market. Daniel Steingart, associate professor of mechanical gases and environmental pollution. Wind and solar to cool the car while it’s and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center offer a pathway to clean energy generation, but parked in the hot sun.” for Energy and the Environment, is also using the the intermittency of renewables represents a major —Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo accelerator funds to support the development of a engineering challenge, where energy storage seems Andluca Technologies method to gauge the health of a battery using sound. to offer a potential solution. With the recent devel- This technology is the basis for a startup, Feasible, Barry Rand, (third from left) an assistant Andlinger Center 2017 opment of electric vehicles and autonomous driving Nicholas Davy, a doctoral student in the chem- which launched in 2015. Co-founders include Andrew professor of electrical engineering and the Seed Grant Awards technologies, a promising solution to the challenges of ical and biological engineering department, and Hsieh ’14, Barry Van Tassell, and Shaurjo Biswas. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Envi- ronment, helped develop a new LED in his renewable energy production and the emissions from Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, director of the Andlinger Center, All three were postdoctoral research associates in lab with lab members (left to right) Ross fossil fuel-based transportation is the electrification the Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Steingart’s lab. Kerner, a doctoral student; Zhengguo Xiao, and intelligent management of transportation systems Professor in Engineering, and professor of chemical a postdoctoral researcher; and Lianfeng Zhao, a doctoral student. Collaborative Initiative for Developing and mobility. For this project led by Yiguang Ju, the and biological engineering, founded a company to (Photo: Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy) Ammonia as a Carbon-Neutral Fuel Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Princeton researchers Hans Meerman (left) develop applications for transparent solar cells, such Aerospace Engineering and director of the Program and Eric Larson (right) are evaluating a as for powering smart windows (see page 10), inter- Revolution Outboards/Flux Marine method to create alternative vehicle fuel The development and implementation of scalable, in Sustainable Energy, a team of 12 faculty across net-of-things sensors, and other low-power consumer from crop residues, sawdust, and branch- carbon-neutral, high-energy density liquid fuels are six departments will develop technological solutions es. For more on the process, see page 10. products. The transparent solar cells absorb near-ul- A group of Princeton students developed an electric Return on Investment an essential component for a sustained and practical for electrification of transportation systems for energy (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) traviolet light and can be used outdoors and indoors. outboard boat motor that can be used in bodies of fresh from Andlinger Center alternative energy economy. Unfortunately, few mole- storage and smart mobility and address technical water and not emit carbon dioxide or leak oil, unlike Seed Funding cules have the remarkable properties and abundance questions associated with these systems. existing gas-guzzling motors. To implement the tech- (Since inception in 2011) of hydrocarbons — the principal source of anthropo- nology for the market, the students formed a startup, genic carbon dioxide. Ammonia is promising as an Funding for the Andlinger Center Seed Grant Awards was The SMART Sensor Revolution Outboards/Flux Marine. The Andlinger Center Total amount awarded: alternative due to its energy density and because it can provided by the following: the Addy/ISN North American Low has provided funding toward this research. Steingart be made from nitrogen, the most abundant gas in the Carbon Emission Energy Self-Sufficiency Fund, a gift from John Forrest Meggers, assistant professor of architec- served as adviser to the student team. $5.2 million E. Cross ’72 and Mary Tiffany Cross, a gift from David T. Liu ’99 Earth’s atmosphere. It can be used as fuel for trans- ture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Derivative funding: *04, the High Meadows Foundation’s Andlinger Center for Energy portation and to power homes, but current synthetic and the Environment Director’s Fund, the Sally Liu ’87 and Bay Environment, received funding from Princeton’s IP In May 2017, the company won the top prize at the Over $4 million methods rely on fossil fuels and hence generate CO Chang ’87 Fund for Energy and the Environment, the Laurie and Accelerator Fund to support his work on developing 2017 LaunchR competition, a clean technology innova- 2 waste. For this project, a team of seven faculty, from Jay P. Mandelbaum ’84 Fund for Energy and the Environment, the a novel sensor, the Spherical Motion Average Radiant tion contest and startup accelerator funded by the U.S. Projects supported: chemistry and chemical and biological engineering, Parallax Fund for Energy and the Environment, the Ruehl Family Temperature (SMART) building sensor, to measure Department of Energy. (See inside front cover for the Fund for Energy and the Environment, the David P. Simons Fund Publications led by Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor radiant temperature from surfaces instead of air names of some of the student members.) 53 for Energy and the Environment, the Sustainability Fund, a gift of Chemistry, will explore two experimental methods temperature to more accurately determine thermal 9 Patent Disclosures from William H. Walton, III ’74 and Theodora D. Walton ’78 P21, and Applications to generate ammonia that are projected to be more a gift from Maura Wong ’88 and Kenneth Chen ’87 P20, and comfort in a space. Meggers has obtained a provi- sustainable than current, existing processes. anonymous gifts for research. sional patent and developed working prototypes. The 14 andlinger center for energy+the environment

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To catalyze the development of breakthrough technologies that are sustain- Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) able and practical, the leadership and staff at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment engage researchers across Princeton University with Power Survey Company industry, government, and not-for-profit groups in cross-cutting, multidis- NRG Energy ciplinary initiatives. The center oversees Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership (E-ffiliates), a corporate membership program that links academic experts Siemens and practitioners outside Princeton in big-picture thinking to find innova- Andrew Kim, a graduate student in elec- tive solutions to the challenges associated with providing clean energy to a trical engineering, presents his research at a poster session at Princeton E-ffiliates growing population. The diverse community of faculty, researchers, postdocs, Partnership’s Fifth Annual Meeting. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) and students at the center also interacts with leaders and decision-makers Opposite Zahrasadat Lotfian, a postdoctoral via high-impact events both locally at Princeton and globally, such as at the researcher in the civil and environmental engineering department, presents her World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. research at the annual meeting of Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership. (Photo: David Kelly Crow)

“Providing sustainable energy to all is an ambitious task. This requires connec- tions and constant dialogue between industry, government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia. We, at the Andlinger Center, build these links by sponsoring cross-cutting programs and fostering an engaged community that draws people from many backgrounds and disciplines.”

—Mark Zondlo, associate director for external partnerships at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and associate professor of civil and environmental engineering 16 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 17

Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership representatives from more than 18 companies and Partnership Highlights approximately 30 undergraduate students. The event, nonprofit organizations, academics from Princeton which featured other alumni speakers, was co-orga- Fifth Annual Meeting and other institutions, policy experts, and students Princeton Advances Research & nized by the Andlinger Center and the student orga- and postdocs. Collaborations with ExxonMobil nization Princeton University Energy Association. In November 2016, energy and environmental experts Energy professionals talked about their career paths at E-ffiliates’ Fifth Annual Meeting tackled funda- Annual Retreat Princeton faculty, researchers, and students continue and opportunities in the energy field over lunch. mental questions about building and strengthening to work side-by-side with ExxonMobil researchers Separately, 43 materials science students (MSE infrastructure, and proposed solutions for providing Balancing the needs for energy, economic growth, on five collaborative research projects across five 505), both undergraduates and graduates, visited and using energy and water more efficiently. Ralph climate change mitigation, and access to clean water departments at Princeton. These projects, started ExxonMobil’s research center in Clinton, New Jersey. Izzo, chairman of the board, president, and CEO of and air was the central theme of the animated discus- in the previous academic year through ExxonMobil’s They toured imaging labs and specialized facilities, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), a New sions at E-ffiliates’ annual retreat in February 2017. membership in Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership, such as 3D printing. In May 2017, approximately 40 Top: An audience member asks a question Jersey energy company and E-ffiliates member, deliv- The retreat was attended by more than 75 partici- involve the development of batteries and solar cells, ExxonMobil scientists also toured Princeton’s Imaging at Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership’s Fifth Annual Meeting. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) ered a keynote that touched on the importance of pants and brought together University faculty, industrial low-temperature plasmas for liquid fuels production, and Analysis Center, located at the Andlinger Center electric grid resiliency, energy efficiency, and renew- representatives, postdoctoral fellows, and students. computational modeling of Arctic sea ice, and carbon and managed by PRISM. Bottom: Peter Jaffé, associate director able energy. The meeting also featured a panel on the The event hosted two interactive panel discussions, dioxide absorption in oceans. ExxonMobil has been for research at the Andlinger Center, the William L. Knapp ’47 Professor of Civil energy-water nexus, and another on human behav- a poster session, and a keynote on clean energy an E-ffiliates member since 2015, when the company Closing out the academic year, ExxonMobil hosted their Engineering, and professor of civil and ioral dynamics and climate change. Research talks by Matthew Nordan, managing partner of MNL pledged to contribute $5 million over five years to annual Longer-Range Research Meeting in Princeton environmental engineering, speaks at a delved into biofuels, next-generation wind harvesting Partners, an international firm that develops energy E-ffiliates. in May 2017. Princeton researchers presented high- panel discussion at Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership’s annual retreat. (Photo: Frank devices, and decision science. The day-long event and environmental projects in global markets, with a lights of their work on innovative technologies and Wojciechowski) was attended by more than 200 guests, including focus on China. Leveraging their E-ffiliates membership, ExxonMobil potential solutions for ensuring the world’s energy sponsored a range of new research projects over the and environmental future to over 200 ExxonMobil E-ffiliates Funds Sustainable Energy past year. These collaborations involve faculty and researchers. The event also featured laboratory tours E-ffiliates Members Research Projects for 2016 –17 researchers in chemistry, chemical and biological at the Andlinger Center and a student-postdoc-faculty Fund Sustainable engineering, electrical engineering, geosciences, the poster session. Energy Research Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), and the Program in Atmospheric (Since inception in 2011) PSEG Engagement at Princeton Forrest Meggers, assistant professor of architec- and Oceanic Sciences. ture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the PSEG networked with undergraduates at an info 11 total projects funded Environment, is developing new energy-efficient In 2017, David Dankworth, distinguished scientific session at the E-ffiliates Fifth Annual Meeting in dehumidification technology to cool hot, humid air in adviser at ExxonMobil and a 1991 Princeton doctoral November 2016. (See page 16 for more.) PSEG $1.4 million buildings. graduate in chemical engineering, was named the new has also played a vital role in psychology professor total funds allocated company liaison and visitor-in-residence to E-ffiliates, Diana Tamir’s E-ffiliates research project by providing for projects succeeding Eric Herbolzheimer, section head of monthly electricity usage data broken down by munic- engineering physics and senior scientific adviser at ipality. (See page 16.) Diana Tamir, assistant professor of psychology, is ExxonMobil, upon his retirement. deploying Facebook ads that use simple, actionable strategies from psychology research to reduce individ- In April 2017, Dankworth and John Valenza, research uals’ energy usage in New Jersey. associate at ExxonMobil and a 2005 Princeton doctoral graduate in civil and environmental engi- neering, participated in an energy career meet-up with 18 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 19

Power Survey Company Sparks Research technological innovation. Other Andlinger Center- affiliated faculty members in the delegation included In November 2016, E-ffiliates and Power Survey ESAG collaborated with researchers at the University Denise Mauzerall, professor of civil and environ-

Company facilitated collaborative research by bringing of Queensland, the Politecnico di Milano, and mentalC 100 engineeringC 0 and publicC 20and internationalC 0 affairs M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Y 0 Y 97 Y 100 Y 0 in UK Power Networks (the utility owns, oper- Southern Company to complete a two-and-a-half- at Kthe 0 WoodrowK 0Wilson School;K 19 Guy KNordenson 60 , ates, and manages regulated electricity distribution year study of the techno-economic and carbon-mit- professor of architecture; and Michael Oppenheimer, networks for 18 million residents in Great Britain) to igation potential of jet fuel production from coal and the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and campus to meet with Andlinger faculty. biomass with carbon capture and storage. The U.S. International Affairs and the Princeton Environmental Department of Energy provided primary funding. Institute. NRG Energy and Siemens Join E-ffiliates The study focused on systems using lignite and woody biomass, both of which are abundant in the south- Loo, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, In the second half of the academic year, NRG Energy eastern U.S. The study found that with a sufficiently took part in a discussion, “Beyond the Possible,” with and Siemens joined E-ffiliates as corporate members. high biomass-to-lignite ratio, the resulting jet fuel scientists, technologists, and artists on envisioning would have zero net lifecycle carbon emissions, but reality beyond the near term with emerging technolo- NRG Energy, the leading integrated power company would not be economically competitive even in the gies. Loo also participated in a panel on energy tech- in the U.S., serves almost 3 million residential and presence of a high future carbon tax. In contrast, a nology and women in technology. commercial customers throughout the country via its plant processing only biomass might be competitive retail electricity providers, and is headquartered in without subsidy with a sufficiently strong carbon miti- Top Princeton and Houston. gation policy. Future R&D-driven technological innova- Princeton professors Michael Oppenheimer (left to right) and Guy Nordenson confer as Professor Denise Mauzerall, Dean Emily tions might further improve the economics. Carter, and panel moderator Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief of the Siemens, one of the world’s largest producers of journal Nature, get ready for discussion at an “Ideas Lab” panel energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, is a and workshop on climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. leading supplier of systems for power generation and External Collaborations and (Photo: Pierre Abensur/World Economic Forum) transmission. Engagements Middle Left President Christopher L. Eisgruber makes a point during an “Ideas Lab” program at the World Economic Forum. Energy Systems Analysis Group (Photo: Pierre Abensur/World Economic Forum) Collaborations World Economic Forum in Davos Middle Right From left to right at a panel discussion are Bill Gates, co-founder of A cohort of Princeton faculty, including Dean of Microsoft Corporation; President Christopher L. Eisgruber; Navdeep Engineering Emily A. Carter and Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Bains, minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development The Energy Systems Analysis Group (ESAG) at Loo, director of the Andlinger Center, the Theodora of Canada; and Dean Emily Carter. (Photo: Princeton University) the Andlinger Center was one of nine research D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in

groups selected to receive funding from Princeton’s Engineering, and professor of chemical and biolog- Bottom Innovation Fund. ESAG’s research project involves ical engineering, participated in the annual World From left to right: Lynn Loo, director of the Andlinger Center; former modeling the U.S. electric grid in collaboration with Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January Vice President Al Gore; and Professor Denise Mauzerall. (Photo: Princeton University) NRG Energy. The project’s goal is to assess the 2017. Princeton University President Christopher ongoing penetration of renewables on the U.S. electric L. Eisgruber led the delegation that took part in grid and prospects for decarbonization in order to meet important discussions on topics, such as climate the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate. change, income inequality and public health, and 20 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 21

Energy for a Carbon-Constrained World, The Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting A Symposium Honoring Robert Williams Fellows Program

John Holdren, former science adviser to President TheC Andlinger 100 C Center 0 launchedC 20 theC Gerhard 0 R. M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Y 0 Y 97 Y 100 Y 0 Barack Obama, and several influential leaders in AndlingerK 0 VisitingK 0 Fellows ProgramK 19 overK the 60 summer energy and the environment, were featured panelists of 2017. The initiative is designed to attract distin- at a symposium, “Energy for a Carbon-Constrained guished visitors, who will collaborate with center World,” held in April 2017 at the Andlinger Center. faculty, researchers, and students, to enrich the Robert Williams, senior research scientist The all-day event honoring the influential career of research and teaching at the center. Applications from emeritus, at the symposium held in his Robert Williams, senior research scientist emeritus prospective visitors from a variety of backgrounds, honor. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) who headed the Energy Systems Analysis Group including from academia, industry, government, and at the Andlinger Center, featured 18 speakers from nongovernmental organizations, are encouraged. academia, government, and industry. Presentations Panelists discussed the future of climate- covered the important impact of energy efficiency, the change mitigation policies at a symposium Distinguished Postdoctoral honoring Robert Williams. From left to explosive growth of wind and solar energy, new tech- Fellows Program The energy parklet in downtown Princeton that Andlinger Center right: Brad Crabtree, vice president at the nology for carbon capture and sequestration, and the faculty helped design and build. (Photo: Sharon Adarlo) Great Plains Institute; Henry Kelly, senior challenges of deep penetration of renewable energy The Andlinger Center also began accepting appli- scientist at the Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan; David on the electric grid. Panel discussions touched on Other Engagements cations for its inaugural cohort of Distinguished Hawkins, director of the Climate Program, the future of climate-change mitigation policies. The Postdoctoral Fellows. The program is designed to Natural Resources Defense Council, event attracted over 150 people, many of them from Representatives from Singapore Power Ltd., which support outstanding scholars studying in a field related Washington, D.C.; and John Holdren, former science adviser to President Barack different sectors of the energy field, and some of whom distributes power throughout the city-state, visited the to energy and the environment. Postdoctoral fellows Obama. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) were former colleagues of Williams. Andlinger Center in December 2016 and gave a talk must identify and work with a Princeton mentor. on the challenges of providing energy in a place with few natural resources. For more information, go to acee.princeton.edu/ opportunities/ Princeton faculty and students got a first-hand look at the growing wind industry when they toured BP’s Sherbino Mesa II Wind Farm in Fort Stockton, Texas, in May 2017.

In the summer of 2017 in downtown Princeton, Daniel

Steingart, associate professor of mechanical and Top aerospace engineering, and Forrest Meggers, assis- Audience members gather in the courtyard at the Andlinger Center tant professor of architecture, both jointly appointed during the symposium honoring Robert Williams. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) to the Andlinger Center, took part in the design and

construction of a parklet, a public art installation that Bottom turned curbside parking into a community space and Joan Ogden, professor of environmental science and policy and director of the Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathway Program, featured a variety of green-energy technologies. The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Arts Council of Princeton organized the construction Davis, at the symposium on the future of transportation. of the parklet. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) 22 andlinger center for energy+the environment andlinger center for energy+the environment 25 inform

To achieve the ambitious climate goals of the Paris Agreement, the next generation of leaders will require tools for developing innovative technolo- gies and policy solutions that will ensure a more sustainable future for all. The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University facilitates this task through our educational certificate programs, fellowships, internships, and other activities for undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs. Education at Princeton, and at the Andlinger Center more specifically, encour- ages creative, lateral thinking and prepares our students and postdocs to be fluent in engineering disciplines, social sciences, humanities, and public policy.

The Andlinger Center also aims to inform the population beyond the University.

Andrew Ma ’19 examines a thin-film device To help shape policy that balances the world’s need for energy while healing as part of his summer internship project to improve organic light-emitting diodes our environment, active and engaged citizens need more than informa- at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. For more on Ma and the tion — they need smart analysis. The center provides information on existing internship program, go to page 26. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) or emerging energy alternatives and solutions via variety of communication Opposite initiatives and public events. These programs are part of the fabric of the Clark Chen, Maeder fellow of 2016–17, works on a surface science instrument, center and are an essential part of our mission. which allows him to investigate the chemistry of molecules for the creation of sustainable fuels. (Photo: David Kelly Crow) 24 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 25

Certificate Programs to purchase green-energy technology without creating Minjie Chen, assistant professor of energy technologies at the University of Cambridge, risks for vendors. electrical engineering and the Andlinger and software-based techniques to boost the deploy- Center for Energy and the Environment. The Energy track of the Program in Technology and ment of solar electricity at the KTH Royal Institute of (Photo: David Kelly Crow)

Society (ETS), offered jointly by the Andlinger Center Burd and Zuckerman presented their work at the Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. C 100 C 0 C 20 C 0 M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Y 0 Y 97 Y 100 Y 0 and Princeton’s Keller Center, has graduated students Program in Technology and Society symposium in K 0 K 0 K 19 K 60 majoring in English, economics, Near Eastern studies, May 2017. This fall, Burd started a master’s degree history, and in a variety of engineering disciplines since in technology and public policy at the Massachusetts Course Updates its inception in 2013. Institute of Technology. After graduation, Zuckerman began consulting for the healthcare industry at a With the introduction of two new undergraduate In June 2017, the ETS program graduated Joshua Washington, D.C. firm. courses in the past year, the total number of ENE Burd, a senior in chemical and biological engineering. (Energy Studies) courses the Andlinger Center offers His senior project research, titled “Improvement of The Program in Sustainable Energy graduated is 38, with 30 at the undergraduate level and eight at Electrochromic Windows through Materials Optimiza- 14 engineering students this year from five areas the graduate level. tion,” focused on investigating a new set of materials of concentration: chemical and biological, civil and to increase the efficiency with which smart windows environmental, mechanical and aerospace, opera- modulate light and heat entering buildings. Rachel tions research and financial engineering, as well as Left Zuckerman, a major in English, also graduated computer science. Many of the graduates have moved Rachel Zuckerman ’17 presents her thesis from the ETS program. Her thesis, “Overcoming the on to careers in the energy sector, including posi- Minjie Chen, assistant professor of electrical engi- at the Program in Technology and Society symposium. Price Barrier: Examining the Value of Applying Group tions at Applied Predictive Technologies, PGIM, juwi neering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) Discounts to Green Energy,” concluded that group Inc., ICF International, and Charles River Associates. Environment, taught a new graduate course in the discounts, through mechanisms, such as those Others are pursuing further study in energy and spring of 2017. ELE 581/ENE 581: Principles of Right Joshua Burd ’17 at the same symposium. employed by Groupon and Living Social, can effec- environmental disciplines, including environmental Power Electronics covered the principles and design (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) tively overcome price barriers and motivate consumers change and management at the University of Oxford, techniques of electronics, such as circuit topologies, system modeling, and control. Chen is teaching an undergraduate elective in the fall of 2017. ENE In the fall of 2017, Elke Weber, the Gerhard R. 273/ELE 273: Renewable Energy and Smart Grids Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and explores the technical and operational principles of professor of psychology and public affairs, Woodrow modern electric grids, and provides an overview of Wilson School; and associate director for education various energy sources from fossil-fuel power gener- at the Andlinger Center, is teaching a new course, ators to photovoltaic and wind energy systems. ENE 475/PSY 475: Human Factors 2.0–Psychology for Engineering, Energy, and Environmental Decisions. This course covers recent theoretical advances and empirical insights in cognitive and social psychology, especially in human judgment, decision making, and choice architecture, that are relevant for engineers as they address technical and societal challenges related to sustainability. Cross-listed in psychology, this course exposes humanities and social science students to engineering and sustainability solutions as important applications of psychological science. 26 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 27

Summer Internships at the Maeder Graduate Fellowships in More Student Activities Andlinger Center Energy and the Environment Abdulghafar Al Tair ’19 and Fida Newaj ’18 More than 50 graduate students and postdocs are

“Working in a lab is really In the summer of 2017, six student interns (listed Department of Electrical Engineering membersC 100 of a Cmonthly 0 gatheringC 20 calledC the 0 Energy M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Y 0 Y 97 Y 100 Y 0 cool. Having the opportunity below), funded by the Peter B. Lewis Fund for Mentored by Minjie Chen, assistant professor of elec- GroupK 0 , a forumK for 0 graduateK students 19 andK postdocs 60 to to actually work in a lab Student Innovation in Energy and the Environment trical engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy As the latest recipient of the Maeder graduate share their energy-related research with one another day in and day out, see and the Dede T. Bartlett P03 Fund for Student and the Environment. The students developed a fellowship, Ching-Yao Lai, a doctoral student in the over lunch. Egemen Kolemen, assistant professor what it is like, and see the Research in Energy and the Environment, received merged photovoltaic cell balancer and power trans- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the issues that researchers more than $36,000 in stipends and support for mitter to wirelessly charge cellphones and drones, with is exploring the use of foams to decrease water use Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment face is something I really research materials and supplies to conduct research solar energy. in hydraulic fracturing. Her adviser is Howard Stone, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and appreciate.” on campus. Since inception, 44 students have partic- chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering and Michael Mueller, assistant professor of mechan- —Abdulghafar Al Tair ’19 ipated in the program. Students have cumulatively “This fellowship allows me the Donald R. Dixon ’69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon ical and aerospace engineering, run the group. Any received $253,435 in support. to broaden my interests and Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. student or postdoc who is interested in energy Dominic Saunders ’20 try something new in my research is welcome to join or attend. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering research.”—Ching-Yao Lai Lai joined Princeton in 2013 after receiving her bache- Mentored by Michael Mueller, assistant professor of lor’s degree in physics from National Taiwan University Lindsey Conlan ’18 mechanical and aerospace engineering. Saunders in Taipei. Beyond the Maeder fellowship, Lai’s prolific March 2017: The Andlinger Center sponsored Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering developed a computational metric for measuring and research accomplishments include three first-author 21 undergraduates, members of the Princeton Mentored by Claire White, assistant professor of determining the performance and viability of biofuels papers on hydraulic fracturing, including one in the University Energy Association (PUEA), to attend civil and environmental engineering and the Andlinger for use in aircraft engine systems. journal Physical Review Letters. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Center for Energy and the Environment. Conlan iden- Conference, which had panel discussions on elec- tified the molecular structure, mechanical properties, The Paul A. Maeder ’75 Fund for Innovation in Energy trical grid resiliency, fossil fuel development, energy and ability to sequester carbon in recycled and treated and the Environment supports the Maeder fellowship. storage, and nuclear power. The students networked concrete. Jaehwan Kim ’18 with their peers, industry professionals, and academic Department of Chemistry researchers in the energy field. Dominic Saunders ’20 (right) poses with Previous Maeder Winners Mentored by José Avalos, assistant professor of Michael Mueller, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering chemical and biological engineering and the Andlinger 2016–17 April 2017: The center and PUEA co-hosted an and Saunders’ summer internship Andrew Ma ’19 Center for Energy and the Environment. Kim modified Clark Chen (chemical and biological engineering) Energy Career Meet-up with alumni from ExxonMobil, faculty mentor. and Ryan Edwards (civil and environmental Department of Physics different yeast species by using cutting-edge metabolic Picatinny Arsenal, and other organizations. More on (Photo: David Kelly Crow) engineering) Mentored by Barry Rand, assistant professor of elec- engineering techniques for the sustainable production 2015–16 this event can be found on page 17. trical engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy of biofuels, bioplastics, chemicals, and drugs. Wenkai Liang (mechanical and aerospace and the Environment. Ma improved the efficiency engineering) May 2017: Princeton Racing Electric, a student of organic light-emitting diodes using a nanostruc- 2014–15 organization dedicated to advancing and developing tured top metal electrode. Ma, a previous summer Janam Jhaveri (electrical engineering) sustainable energy drive systems and supported by and Jennifer Obligacion (chemistry) intern of this program, built on work performed the the center, competed and placed second in the elec- Egemen Koleman 2013–14 previous year. Warren Rieutort-Louis (electrical engineering) tric vehicle division in the Formula Hybrid Competition, 2012–13 an interdisciplinary design and engineering challenge Josephine Elia (chemical and biological for undergraduate and graduate students. engineering) 28 excel / engage / inform andlinger center for energy+the environment 29

2016–17 Highlight Seminar Series Energy Technology Distillates

Edward Arens (February 6, 2017) Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo

Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Director of the DirectorC 100 of the CAndlinger 0 CenterC 20 for EnergyC 0 and the M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Y 0 Y 97 Y 100 Y 0 Alexander Mitsos (September 12, 2016) Center for Environmental Design Research, and The deployment of solar power has dramatically EnvironmentK 0 K 0 K 19 K 60 Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Process Director of the Center for the Built Environment increased in the last several years. Looking ahead, Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Systems Engineering University of California, Berkeley solar power may become a significant contributor to Professor in Engineering RWTH Aachen University “Personal Comfort System Research at the Center the world’s electric power system by mid-century and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering “(Chemical) Process Industry: An Enabler for for the Built Environment, University of California, help slash our reliance on fossil fuels. For the center’s The Wall Street Journal, “The Smart Windows That Renewable Energy?” Berkeley” fourth Energy Technology Distillate, “Sunlight to Could Be Sunglasses for Your House” Electricity: Navigating the Field,” the authors examined key issues that will shape the future of solar power, such as intermittency, and whether and how Lee Rybeck Lynd (October 24, 2016) Jessika Trancik (March 6, 2017) it will limit further penetration into the grid, and the Michael Oppenheimer Paul E. and Joan H. Queneau Distinguished Atlantic Richfield Career Development Associate possible future deployment of solar power, whether Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences Professor in Environmental Engineering Design and Professor in Energy Studies in large-scale solar farms or distributed in smaller and International Affairs and the Princeton Adjunct Professor of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology systems like the roofs of homes, schools, warehouses, Environmental Institute, and Director of the Center Darthmouth College “Value of Storage Technologies for Wind and Solar and public and private land. for Science Technology and Environmental Policy “Low Cost Cellulosic Biofuels: New Questions and Energy” Politico, “Trump’s already making his mark on climate” New Answers” Robert Socolow, professor emeritus and senior research scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, led the project. Other research Jenny Nelson (March 27, 2017) authors include Barry Rand, assistant professor of Daniel Steingart Steven Cowley (November 9, 2016) Professor of Physics electrical engineering, and Forrest Meggers, assistant Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace President Imperial College London professor of architecture, both jointly appointed to the Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford “Structure-Property-Function Relationships in Andlinger Center; William C. Witt, doctoral student in the Environment “Driving Down the Cost and Scale of Fusion Energy” Molecular Electronic Materials and Devices” mechanical and aerospace engineering; and Manali CBS, “Safety of lithium-ion batteries questioned

To read the latest Distillate and others, Gokhale ’16 and Samantha Walter ’17, who both after phone recall” Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, director of the go to acee.princeton.edu/distillates/ concentrated in chemical and biological engineering. Andlinger Center, presents a special gift of a lecture poster to Jean-Luc Brédas, Regents’ Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Jean-Luc Brédas (May 1, 2017) the Georgia Institute of Technology. Brédas Regents’ Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry In the News Elke Weber gave the inaugural Sigma-Aldrich Lecture. Georgia Institute of Technology In 2016 –17, 27 affiliated faculty and researchers Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the (Photo: Sharon Adarlo) “Organic Electronics and Energy” listed in the Andlinger Center research directory were Environment; Professor of Psychology and Public Inaugural Sigma-Aldrich Lecture, sponsored by referenced more than 155 times in various news Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School; and Associate Sigma-Aldrich, a leading life science and high tech- sources, such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Director for Education at the Andlinger Center for nology company. The Washington Post, and other publications. A small Energy and the Environment sampling that represents the range of sources and Quartz, “Two business-school professors discovered topics follows: how to make both red and blue Americans care about Trump’s drastic budget cuts” 30 excel / engage / inform

The Andlinger Center Speaks

When Samsung smartphone batteries started Trump and climate change bursting into flames in 2016, Daniel Steingart, asso- November 23, 2016 ciate professor of mechanical and aerospace engi- Robert Socolow neering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scholar the Environment, was on the case. For the center’s at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace inaugural Q/A series, “The Andlinger Center Speaks,” Engineering he provided analysis on the possible defect in the batteries and how to make them safer.

Pieces that appeared in the series this year Trump and emerging energy technologies January 9, 2017 Michael Oppenheimer The Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and Why are Samsung batteries exploding and International Affairs and the Princeton Environmental “We are demanding more how can we make them safer? Institute, and Director of the Center for Science and more from batteries: September 14, 2016 Technology and Environmental Policy to store more energy, take Daniel Steingart up less space, charge Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace more quickly, and to be Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and cheaper. Pushing those the Environment Growth and challenges of wind demands to their limits has and solar power the unfortunate physical April 18, 2017 consequence of increased Warren Powell fires or explosion risk.” On the Paris climate deal and clean energy Professor of Operations Research and Financial —Daniel Steingart October 18, 2016 Engineering, and Director of the Program in The Energy Systems Analysis Group: Engineering and Management Systems Robert H. Williams Senior Research Scientist Emeritus Eric Larson Senior Research Engineer Is the driverless car good for Thomas G. Kreutz the environment? Energy Systems Modeler May 25, 2017 Alain Kornhauser

Opposite from left to right: Professor of Operations Research and Financial Fida Newaj ’18, Alex Ju ’20, and Engineering and Director of the Program in Abdulghafar Al Tair ’19. They are working Transportation on a drone for their summer internship project. For more on the project, see page 26. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) 32 andlinger center for energy+the environment 33

Andlinger Center Leadership and Staff Jennifer L. Poacelli Thomas Kreutz Merrick G. Andlinger ’80 Vijay Swarup Mung Chiang Athanassios Panagiotopoulos for Energy and the Associate Director for Administration Energy Systems Modeler President Vice President of Research and Director, Keller Center Chair, Department of Chemical Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo Energy Systems Analysis Group Andlinger & Company, Inc. Development Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of and Biological Engineering Environment Director, Andlinger Center for Energy Sharon Adarlo ExxonMobil Research and Electrical Engineering Susan Dod Brown Professor and the Environment Communications Specialist Eric Larson Sally Benson Engineering Company C 100 C 0 of ChemicalC 20 and BiologicalC 0 M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 Theodora D. ’78 and William Senior Research Engineer Director, Global Climate and Energy Paul Chirik Y 0 Y 97 EngineeringY 100 Y 0 K 0 K 0 K 19 K 60 H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Robert Eich Energy Systems Analysis Group Project Matthew Tirrell Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Engineering Program and Financial Assistant Co-Director, Precourt Institute for Dean and Founding Pritzker Chemistry Stewart C. Prager Professor of Chemical and Biological Forrest Meggers Energy Director of the Institute for Professor of Astrophysical Sciences Engineering Jeffrey Fitts Assistant Professor of Architecture Professor, Energy Resources Molecular Engineering Peter Jaffé Research and Development and the Andlinger Center for Engineering University of Chicago Associate Director for Research, Daniel Steingart Peter Jaffé Strategist Energy and the Environment Stanford University Deputy Laboratory Director for Andlinger Center for Energy and (Effective July 2017) Associate Director for Research, Science the Environment Associate Professor of Mechanical Andlinger Center for Energy and Sarah Jackson Barry Rand Yet-Ming Chiang Argonne National Laboratory William L. Knapp ’47 Professor of and Aerospace Engineering and the Environment Administrative Assistant Assistant Professor of Electrical Kyocera Professor of Ceramics Civil Engineering the Andlinger Center for Energy William L. Knapp ’47 Professor of Engineering and the Andlinger Massachusetts Institute of Technology William H. Walton III ’74 Professor of Civil and Environmental and the Environment Civil Engineering Brenda Mikeo Center for Energy and the Managing Member and Co-Founder Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Business Manager Environment David Eaglesham Rockpoint Group, LLC Sankaran Sundaresan Engineering Chief Executive Officer Niraj Jha Associate Director for Research, Moira Selinka Daniel Steingart Pellion Technologies Maura Wong Associate Director for Education, Andlinger Center for Energy and Niraj Jha Education and Outreach Associate Professor of Mechanical Founder Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (Spring 2017) Associate Director for Education, Coordinator and Aerospace Engineering and Ralph Izzo The IDEA the Environment Norman John Sollenberger Andlinger Center for Energy and the Andlinger Center for Energy Chairman, President, and CEO Professor of Electrical Engineering Professor in Engineering the Environment Greta Shum and the Environment PSEG Professor of Chemical and Professor of Electrical Engineering Digital Communications Specialist Executive Committee Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo Biological Engineering Claire White Paul A. Maeder ’75 Director, Andlinger Center for Energy Sankaran Sundaresan Charmaine Smiklo Assistant Professor of Civil and Managing General Partner & Founder Craig Arnold and the Environment David Wilcove Associate Director for Research, Faculty and Program Assistant Environmental Engineering and Highland Capital Partners Director, Princeton Institute for the Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Professor of Ecology and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Andlinger Center for Energy Science and Technology of Materials Walton III ’74 Professor in Evolutionary Biology and Public the Environment (Spring 2017) and the Environment Lisa Lee Morgan ’76 *79 Professor of Mechanical and Engineering Affairs and the Princeton Norman John Sollenberger Professor Faculty and Researchers Co-Founder and Chief Executive Aerospace Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biological Environmental Institute in Engineering Robert Williams Officer Engineering Professor of Chemical and Biological José Avalos Senior Research Scientist, Emeritus Calor Energy Rene Carmona Elke Weber Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical and Energy Systems Analysis Group Chair, Department of Operations Francois Morel Associate Director for Education Biological Engineering and the Gregory H. Olsen Research and Financial Engineering Director, Princeton Environmental Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor Elke Weber Andlinger Center for Energy and President Paul M. Wythes ’55 Professor of Institute in Energy and the Environment Associate Director for Education the Environment External Advisory Council GHO Ventures, LLC Engineering and Finance Albert G. Blanke, Jr. Professor of Professor in Psychology and Public (Effective February 2017) Professor of Operations Research Geosciences Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Minjie Chen D. Michelle Addington Mark F. Rockefeller ’89 and Financial Engineering Energy and the Environment Assistant Professor of Electrical Henry M. Rockwell Chair in Chief Executive Officer and Founder Michael Oppenheimer Mark Zondlo Professor in Psychology and Public Engineering and the Andlinger Architecture Rockefeller Consulting Michael Celia Director, Center for Science Associate Director for External Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School Center for Energy and the University of Texas at Austin (Effective July 2017) Technology and Environmental Partnerships Environment Timothy Sands Director, Princeton Environmental Policy Associate Professor of Civil and Mark Zondlo A. Paul Alivisatos President Institute Albert G. Millbank Professor of Environmental Engineering Associate Director for External Egemen Kolemen Vice Chancellor and Provost Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor Geosciences and International Partnerships, Andlinger Center Assistant Professor of Mechanical Samsung Distinguished Professor of State University of Environmental Studies Affairs for Energy and the Environment and Aerospace Engineering and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Professor of Civil and Associate Professor of Civil and the Andlinger Center for Energy University of California Berkeley Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering and the Environment Senior Fellow Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 Belfer Center for Science and Chairman of the Board International Affairs Andlinger & Company, Inc. Harvard University, Kennedy School 34 andlinger center for energy+the environment 35

Supporters The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Dwight Anderson ’89 to establish the Anderson Family Thomas W. Horton Family P15 for equipment Gloria and Karl F. Schlaepfer ’49 P85 to further the Environment at Princeton University is grateful to Professorship in Energy and the Environment center’s mission and to establish the Schlaepfer Family the following supporters whose gifts help to realize Fred W. Kittler, Jr. ’70 P08 P19 to further the center’s Fund for equipment the vision of the center. 2016–17 donors are Tia Barancik ’83 P19 to establish the Class of 1983 mission C 100 C 0 C 20 C 0 M 46 M 61 M 0 M 0 denoted with asterisks. Fund for Energy and the Environment RichardY 0 and EnikaY 97 Schulze Y Foundation 100 Yfor 0 research K 0 K 0 K 19 K 60 Peter C. Klosowicz ’76 P19 to establish the Peter C. Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 P80 P91 Founding Gift Solomon D. Barnett ’05 to further the center’s Klosowicz ’76 Fund for Energy and the Environment for Lewis W. van Amerongen ’62 to establish the Lewis mission research and teaching W. van Amerongen ’62 Fund for Energy Research for James W. and Dede T. Bartlett to the Dede T. Bartlett equipment P03 Fund for Student Research in Energy and the Peter Bartlett ’77 and Erin T. Bartlett P09 P10 P14 Sally Liu ’87 and Bay-Wei W. Chang ’87 P21 to Environment* to further the center’s mission establish the Sally Liu ’87 and Bay Chang ’87 Fund for Anonymous gifts for construction of the Andlinger Energy and the Environment Center building John E. Bartlett ’03 to the Dede T. Bartlett P03 Fund Charles A. Bernheim ’57 to further the center’s for Student Research in Energy and the Environment* mission Paul A. Maeder ’75 for construction of Maeder Hall Anonymous gift for environmental policy research and to establish the Paul A. Maeder ’75 Fund for David T. Liu ’99 *04 to further the center’s mission* Erik C. Blachford ’89 to further the center’s mission Innovation in Energy and the Environment for graduate Anonymous gift for the highest priorities of the center, fellowships including research, equipment, and a visitors program William N. Neidig ’70 and Christy E. Neidig P08 to Patricia and Dante Bonardi F57 to the David P. further the center’s mission* Simons Fund for Energy and the Environment Jay P. Mandelbaum ’84 P17 P20 to establish the Anonymous gift for research Laurie and Jay P. Mandelbaum ’84 Fund for Energy and Nicholas G. Nomicos ’84 and Kathleen Connor John E. Cross ’72 and Mary Tiffany Cross to further the Environment Anonymous gift to establish the Peter B. Lewis Fund Nomicos ’84 to the Nicholas and Kathleen Nomicos the center’s mission for Student Innovation in Energy and the Environment Class of 1984 Fund for the Andlinger Center for Energy Lisa Lee Morgan ’76 *79 for research in renewable for student projects, particularly field work and labora- and the Environment to advance public understanding of Nancy A. Curtin ’79 and John Stafford P18 to estab- energy tory research important issues related to energy and the environment* lish the Nancy A. Curtin ’79 and John Stafford Research Innovation Fund Nicholas J. Nicholas, Jr. ’62 P83 P00 to establish the Anonymous gift to establish the Sustainability Fund for Kent C. Simons ’57 to the David P. Simons Fund for Nicholas Family Fund for the Environment to advance student research Energy and the Environment* John O. Dabiri ’01 to establish the John O. Dabiri ’01 public understanding of important issues related to Family Fund for Excellence in Energy and Environmental energy and the environment Anonymous gift for research in carbon sequestration, Tapesh Sinha and Sandra Jin P19 to establish the Research solar energy, and fusion energy Sandra and Tapesh Sinha P19 Fund to further the Sarah Finnie Robinson ’78 and Jackson W. center’s mission* Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken P09 P14 to Robinson to further the center’s mission Anonymous gift to establish the Parallax Fund for establish the de Carvalho-Heineken Family Fund for Energy and the Environment for faculty and student William H. Walton, III ’74 and Theodora D. Walton Environmental Studies for faculty and student research Mark F. Rockefeller ’89 to establish the Renee and research ’78 P21 to further the center’s mission* Mark F. Rockefeller ’89 Fund for the Environment for John P. Drzik ’83 and Ann L. Thorsell ’83 to establish faculty and student research Maura Wong ’88 and Kenneth Chen ’87 P20 to the John Drzik and Ann Thorsell Fund for Innovation further the center’s mission* Ernest H. Ruehl, Jr. ’85 P19 to establish the Ruehl High Meadows Foundation to establish the Andlinger Family Fund for the Environment for faculty and student Lydia and William M. Addy ’82 P14 P19 to establish Center for Energy and the Environment Director’s Fund research the Addy/ISN North American Low Carbon Emission Energy Self-Sufficiency Fund to support innovative Kerry and William F. Holekamp P14 for equipment Elchin A. Safarov and Dilyara Allakhverdova P15 to research, equipment, policy development, and teaching further the center’s mission 36 37

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